Netflix is about to show off new trailers for its upcoming anime titles at Geeked Week. But even before the event, Netflix released a new trailer for its Onmyoji anime that will be released this November.
This official trailer is two minutes long, and it features a lot of new footage that should give fans a good grasp of the series’ premise.
Along with new clips, the trailer is also a must-watch as it previews the opening song by the popular Japanese band Ling Tosite Sigure.
Onmyoji Manga Is Getting the Anime Treatment From Netflix
Netflix originally revealed the Onmyoji anime back in the Tudum event that happened in September 2022. It may have taken a while, but the anime finally got a new trailer recently.
This is Netflix’s latest anime that’s set in Japan from centuries ago. Fans may be reminded of Ooku: The Inner Chambers which was released back in June.
Unlike Ooku which is set in the Edo period, Onmyoji’s setting is the Heian period, which is older by hundreds of years.
This upcoming anime is based on a long-running historical fantasy novel series that inspired several manga adaptations.
As for the anime, its main cast features the following popular VAs:
- Daisuke Namikawa (Hisoka Morow in Hunter x Hunter) as Abe Seimei
- Shintaro Asanuma (Watashi in The Tatami Time Machine Blues) as Minamoto Hiromasa
- Kenji Hamada (Teppei Kiyoshi in Kuroko’s Basketball) as Imperial Prince Atsumi
- Yui Ishikawa (Mikasa in Attack on Titan) as Tsuyuko
- Rina Satou (Mikoto Misaka in A Certain Scientific Railgun) as Ashiya Douman
- Daisuke Kishio (Loke in Fairy Tail) as Kamo Yasunori
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Netflix Shares New Onmyoji Trailer Ahead of November Premiere
Onmyoji’s new trailer gives fans an idea of its story, which follows a court musician named Minamoto Hiromasa as he seeks help from the onmyoji (yin-yang diviner) named Abe Seimei.
Hiromasa’s goal is to get Abe Seimei to help him unravel the mysteries behind the demons that disturb the ancient capital of Kyoto.
You can check out the new trailer here:
Along with new footage, the trailer also features a preview of the anime’s opening song by Ling Tosite Sigure. This Japanese band is best known for performing songs for Psycho-Pass.
The band’s lead singer, TK, is also a popular vocalist who sang Tokyo Ghoul’s iconic opening, unravel, along with the Chainsaw Man ending song, first death.
Onmyoji will be released on Netflix worldwide on November 28, 2023.
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